For an Informed Love of God
Bill Mounce
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μᾶλλον
Vocabulary form:
ma:llon
Definition:
more, rather
Erasmian:
Modern:
Frequency:
81
GK:
3437
Notes:
When used with h[, h[ is usually translated "than," not "or."
Biblical Concordance
| Matthew 6:26 | Look at the birds of the air, they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not more (mallon | μᾶλλον | adverb-comparative) valuable than they? |
| Matthew 6:30 | Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is here today but tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more (mallon | μᾶλλον | adverb-comparative) clothe you, O you of little faith? |
| Matthew 7:11 | If then you, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more (mallon | μᾶλλον | adverb-comparative) will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask him! |
| Matthew 10:6 | but go rather (mallon | μᾶλλον | adverb-comparative) to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. |
| Matthew 10:25 | It is enough for the disciple that he be as his teacher, and the servant as his master. If they have called the head of the house ‘Beelzebul,’ how much more (mallon | μᾶλλον | adverb-comparative) will they revile the members of his household! |
| Matthew 10:28 | Do not be afraid of those who can kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, fear the one who can destroy both soul and body in hell. |
| Matthew 18:13 | And if he finds it, I tell you the truth, he will rejoice over it more (mallon | μᾶλλον | adverb-comparative) than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray. |
| Matthew 25:9 | But the wise answered, saying, ‘Perhaps there will not be enough for both us and you, so go rather (mallon | μᾶλλον | adverb-comparative) to the dealers and buy some for yourselves.’ |
| Matthew 27:24 | So when Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere but rather (mallon | μᾶλλον | adverb-comparative) that a riot was starting, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of this man’s blood; it is your responsibility.” |
| Mark 5:26 | She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors, and had spent all she had, all yet it benefitted her nothing; rather she had grown worse (mallon | μᾶλλον | adverb-comparative). |
| Mark 7:36 | Jesus ordered them to tell no one, but the more he ordered them, the more they spread the news. |
| Mark 9:42 | “And whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a large millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea. |
| Mark 10:48 | And many were sternly telling him to be quiet; but all the more (mallon | μᾶλλον | adverb-comparative) he kept crying out, “Son of David, have mercy on me!” |
| Mark 15:11 | But the ruling priests stirred up the crowd so that Pilate would release Barabbas instead (mallon | μᾶλλον | adverb-comparative). |
| Luke 5:15 | Then the word about him spread even more (mallon | μᾶλλον | adverb-comparative), and large crowds would come together to hear him and to be healed of their diseases. |
| Luke 11:13 | If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more (mallon | μᾶλλον | adverb-comparative) will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!” |
| Luke 12:24 | Consider the ravens: for they do not sow, neither do they reap; for them there is neither storehouse nor granary, yet God feeds them. Of how much more (mallon | μᾶλλον | adverb-comparative) value are you than the birds! |
| Luke 12:28 | If God so clothes the grass in the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more (mallon | μᾶλλον | adverb-comparative) will he clothe you, you people of little faith! |
| Luke 18:39 | Those who were leading the way began to rebuke him that he should be quiet; but he cried out all the more (mallon | μᾶλλον | adverb-comparative), “Son of David, have mercy on me!” |
| John 3:19 | And the basis for judging is this, that light has come into the world and people love darkness rather (mallon | μᾶλλον | adverb-comparative) than light, because their deeds are evil. |
| John 5:18 | This was why the Jews were seeking all the more (mallon | μᾶλλον | adverb-comparative) to kill him, because he not only used to break the Sabbath, but he also was calling God his own Father, thus making himself equal with God. |
| John 12:43 | For they loved the praise of men more (mallon | μᾶλλον | adverb-comparative) than the praise of God. |
| John 19:8 | Now when Pilate heard this statement, he became even more (mallon | μᾶλλον | adverb-comparative) afraid. |
| Acts 4:19 | But Peter and John said in answer to them, “Whether it is right before God to obey you rather (mallon | μᾶλλον | adverb-comparative) than God, you must judge, |
| Acts 5:14 | and more (mallon | μᾶλλον | adverb-comparative) than ever believers were added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women, |
| Acts 5:29 | But in response, Peter and the other apostles said, “It is necessary to obey God rather (mallon | μᾶλλον | adverb-comparative) than men.” |
| Acts 9:22 | But Saul became more (mallon | μᾶλλον | adverb-comparative) and more capable, and threw into confusion the Jews who lived in Damascus by proving that this man Jesus is the Christ. |
| Acts 20:35 | In all this I have shown you that by working in this way you must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, ‘It is more (mallon | μᾶλλον | adverb-comparative) blessed to give than to receive.’” |
| Acts 22:2 | And when they heard that he was addressing them in the Hebrew language, they became even more (mallon | μᾶλλον | adverb-comparative) quiet. And he said: |
| Acts 27:11 | But the centurion was more (mallon | μᾶλλον | adverb-comparative) convinced by the captain and the ship’s owner than by what Paul was saying. |
| Romans 5:9 | Since we have now been justified by his blood, much more (mallon | μᾶλλον | adverb-comparative) will we be saved from the wrath of God through him. |
| Romans 5:10 | For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more (mallon | μᾶλλον | adverb-comparative), now that we are reconciled, will we be saved by his life. |
| Romans 5:15 | But the free gift is not like the transgression. For if the many died through the transgression of the one, much more (mallon | μᾶλλον | adverb-comparative) did the grace of God and the gift that came by the grace of the one man Jesus Christ overflow to the many. |
| Romans 5:17 | For if by the transgression of the one man death reigned through that one, much more (mallon | μᾶλλον | adverb-comparative) will those who receive the abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one, Jesus Christ. |
| Romans 8:34 | Who is it that condemns? Christ Jesus is the one who died — and more (mallon | μᾶλλον | adverb-comparative) than that, he was raised — who is at the right hand of God, who also is interceding for us. |
| Romans 11:12 | Now if their transgression means riches for the world and their failure means riches for the Gentiles, how much more (mallon | μᾶλλον | adverb-comparative) will their full inclusion mean! |
| Romans 11:24 | For if you were cut from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and grafted contrary to nature into a cultivated olive tree, how much more (mallon | μᾶλλον | adverb-comparative) will these, the natural branches, be grafted back into their own olive tree? |
| Romans 14:13 | Therefore let us stop passing judgment on one another, but resolve instead (mallon | μᾶλλον | adverb-comparative), never to put an obstacle or a trap in a brother’s way. |
| 1 Corinthians 5:2 | And you are arrogant! Ought you not rather (mallon | μᾶλλον | adverb-comparative) to have mourned, so that the man who did this deed would be removed from your midst? |
| 1 Corinthians 6:7 | Already it is altogether a defeat for you, that you have lawsuits with one another. Why not rather (mallon | μᾶλλον | adverb-comparative) be wronged? Why not rather (mallon | μᾶλλον | adverb-comparative) be defrauded? |
| 1 Corinthians 7:21 | If you were a slave when called, do not be concerned about it. However, if you are able to gain your freedom, make the most (mallon | μᾶλλον | adverb-comparative) of the opportunity. |
| 1 Corinthians 9:12 | If others have a share in this right over you, do not we even more (mallon | μᾶλλον | adverb-comparative)? Nevertheless, we have not made use of this right, but endure all things lest we place some obstacle in the way of the gospel of Christ. |
| 1 Corinthians 9:15 | But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing this so that something will be done for me; for it would be better for me rather (mallon | μᾶλλον | adverb-comparative) to die — no one shall take away my ground for boasting! |
| 1 Corinthians 12:22 | Quite the contrary, those members of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, |
| 1 Corinthians 14:1 | Pursue love, and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts, but especially (mallon | μᾶλλον | adverb-comparative) that you may prophesy. |
| 1 Corinthians 14:5 | Now I would like all of you to speak in tongues, but even more (mallon | μᾶλλον | adverb-comparative) to prophesy. The one who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets so that the church may receive edification. |
| 1 Corinthians 14:18 | I thank God I speak in tongues more (mallon | μᾶλλον | adverb-comparative) than all of you; |
| 2 Corinthians 2:7 | so that you should rather (mallon | μᾶλλον | adverb-comparative) forgive and console him, lest he be swallowed up by excessive sorrow. |
| 2 Corinthians 3:8 | how much more (mallon | μᾶλλον | adverb-comparative) glorious will be the ministry of the Spirit? |
| 2 Corinthians 3:9 | For if there was glory in the ministry of condemnation, how much more (mallon | μᾶλλον | adverb-comparative) will the ministry of righteousness exceed it in glory! |
Mnemonics
Mall On
While taking a break from shopping at the mall, you say "Mall-On!", which means "more" shopping.
I'm MORE willing to go to the
I'm MORE willing to go to the "mall on" Thursday.
I'd RATHER go to the "mall on" Friday.